By Matt Thurston on Jun 29, 2008 in Dissent, Featured, Homosexuality, Marriage, Politics, Sunstone, gay | 52 Comments
Like 750,000 other California Mormons, I sat amongst my fellow ward members in our local chapel today as our bishop read the Preserving Traditional Marriage and Strengthening Families memo over the pulpit. He followed that by reading a memo outlining the church’s views on political neutrality. He closed by asking each of us to ponder […]
By Jana on Nov 25, 2007 in Marriage, Women's Issues | 32 Comments
My spouse and I married 15 years ago in the temple–a ceremony that reinforced differing gender roles for men and women. However, my marriage has been fairly egalitarian from the beginning. For example, my husband (John) and I both wore engagement rings–simple gold bands on the appropriate finger. When we married we […]
By Guest Contributor on Apr 24, 2007 in Homosexuality, Marriage, Rotation | 50 Comments
The Third Path: Gay, Mormon, Married
by Ron Schow
A few days ago Matt Thurston created a blog here on Sunstone called the Fourth Path: Gay, Mormon, Celibate. Matt lays out the four paths for gays in Mormondom, as he sees it, and the Third path is heterosexual marriage. I’ve been following the discussion here and I’m […]
By John Dehlin on Jun 22, 2006 in Homosexuality, Marriage, Sunstone, SunstonePodcast, Women's Issues | 6 Comments
We’re excited to announce the posting of a new SunstonePodcast! In it, Emily Pearson, daughter of Gerald and Carol Lynn Pearson, reflects on the ways her life has been affected by growing up as the daughter of a gay man and then, years later, marrying one. Many SunstonePodcast listeners may know that former husband: […]
By Stephen Carter on Jun 19, 2006 in Marriage, Rotation, Sunstone, Women's Issues | 23 Comments
My wife went to a Pampered Chef party a few days ago and stumbled upon a truly remarkable conversation.
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